WebCT

This
course will consist of a combination of in class and online experiences. We
will be using a program on the internet called WebCT.

Your textbook is packaged with an access code for the WebCT
e-pack for this course . If you did not buy your textbook at the Matador
bookstore, you can purchase the WebCT access code
separately (cost $13.00).

Follow these
directions to establish your WebCT account (You will only do this once):

For each chapter in the textbook, there will be a corresponding set of online
assignments. You will be expected to:

1. Read the online objectives for the chapter.

2. Read and study the online lecture notes

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3. View the online PowerPoint Presentation.

4. Take the online quiz

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You can take each quiz up to 5 times and your grade will be your HIGHEST
score.

5. Take the online test. You can take each test only once but
it is an open book test and it is not timed, take as long as you like to
complete it.

For the laboratory portion of this class (345L) you will be expected to:

1. Conduct the online activities for each chapter.

2. Write a report of your findings and post it in the appropriate discussion
forum provided. These assignments will be graded and feedback will be given to you in the
discussion forum.

3. Read and
respond to a minimum of 2 entries of other students each week. (Your responses can be in the form
of a question, an answer, a comment, suggestion or a disagreement. Please
attempt to make these comments helpful. For example, "Your independent
variable sucks" would not be a particularly useful comment! Explain what
you believe is the problem with the IV and what they may be able to do
to improve it).

Your online activities will function as "virtual" classroom time
for the research seminar. You do not need to "physically" attend the research seminar.
Instead, you will "virtually"
attend class via the discussion entries and responses. The instructor and
the teaching assistant will always be available both "physically" (in
the classroom or office) and "virtually" (to read and respond to your
entries). Grades for the one unit 345L will be based on your online activities.

I will hold "Virtual Office Hours" at the Online Chat
Center in WebCT every week. This time will function both as an open office hour and
a question and answer period. Times will be announced in class and on the
discussion forum.
Our Teaching Assistant will also hold virtual office hours here. In addition,
students are welcome to "hang out" at the chat center, and arrange "Study
Groups" for the examinations here.

Examinations and Grades

There will be four in class examinations. All exams will contain multiple choice
questions only. Grades for the three unit Psychology 345 will be based
on the total cumulated points on these four exams and the online tests. The
exams will be 80% of your grade (20% for each exam) and the total of the 13
online tests will constitute the remaining 20% of your grade. There will be no comprehensive
final. Grades for the one unit Psychology 345s will be independent of grades
for Psychology 345, based on research projects as explained above. No 'plus'
or 'minus' grades will be given in either 345 or 345s.

EXAM 1 JULY 22 Class materials and text Ch. 1- 4.

EXAM 2 JULY 30 Class materials and text Ch. 5- 7.

EXAM 3 AUGUST 7 Class materials and text Ch. 8-10.

EXAM 4 AUGUST 15 Class materials and text Ch. 11-13.

Make-up exams are discouraged! They will be given only when a student
is ill or is facing some serious emergency. Verification is required. In
those instances when a make-up is necessary, it is the student's responsibility
to contact the professor right away (call office at 818-677-2827) and come
in as soon as the problem has passed to schedule a make-up. Make-ups are
only administered during one two-hour period each week by the Psychology
Department. Students are expected to alter their class or work schedule
to take the make-up.

Policy on Incompletes: PERMISSION TO TAKE AN "INCOMPLETE" MUST BE
RECEIVED BY THE INSTRUCTOR BEFORE SEMESTER GRADES ARE DUE. A special form
is required and it is the student's responsibility to obtain one (available
in the Administration Building), fill it out, and contact us about it.
An incomplete should be requested only for serious or emergency reasons
such as illness on the day of the final exam. An incomplete should not
be requested because one did not get around to finishing the course project
in time since you have had a full semester to work on it. A missing final
is expected to be made up in a short period of time--within a few weeks
of the incomplete grade assignment--unless extremely unusual circumstances
prevail. Please note: If anything is missing, I will simply assign a grade
of "U" (unauthorized incomplete) and do nothing else until I hear from
you for an explanation. If I do not hear from you, the grade eventually
and automatically reverts to an "F".